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Essays

Back to ChuckStack

Closing the door on a fun but futile four-year experiment

By Amran Gowani 19 Feb 2026
St. Valentine's Devolution

Satire

St. Valentine's Devolution

Lust by the ages

By Amran Gowani 14 Feb 2026
Team Sanity

Essays

Team Sanity

The question is simple: Are you for or against humanity?

By Amran Gowani 01 Feb 2026
How to Read More Books

Humor

How to Read More Books

Big sacrifices, bigger rewards

By Amran Gowani 24 Jan 2026
A Hypocritical Tidbit

Tidbits

A Hypocritical Tidbit

When you can't beat 'em, join 'em

By Amran Gowani 18 Jan 2026
My Kids and I Had the Talk -- About Adverse Selection

Parenting

My Kids and I Had the Talk -- About Adverse Selection

Talk to your kids about adverse selection, before it's too late

By Amran Gowani 11 Jan 2026
Twenty-Six Certainties for Twenty-Twenty-Six

Holidays

Twenty-Six Certainties for Twenty-Twenty-Six

The devolution continues

By Amran Gowani 31 Dec 2025

Featured

The Clash: London Calling.

Forty-Five Things a Man Does

Happy birthday to Beyoncé (and me)

By Amran Gowani 04 Sep 2025
Identity Crisis: A Poem

Identity Crisis: A Poem

A poem about tribalism

By Amran Gowani 29 Apr 2025
A Day at DOGE

A Day at DOGE

A more efficient future awaits

By Amran Gowani 04 Mar 2025
How I Banked a Big Five Book Deal

How I Banked a Big Five Book Deal

Never give in, never surrender

By Amran Gowani 13 Apr 2024

Latest

Tiny Tim's War Journal: Karmic Retribution

Tiny Tim's War Journal: Karmic Retribution

Treat each and every day like Christmas

By Amran Gowani 24 Dec 2025
Five of My Favorite Things in 2025

Five of My Favorite Things in 2025

An on-brand gift guide

By Amran Gowani 11 Dec 2025
Seven-Year Stretch

Seven-Year Stretch

Resting, recharging, and returning to the grind

By Amran Gowani 09 Dec 2025
Recommendation: Poldark

Recommendation: Poldark

Compelling and frustrating, engrossing and depressing

By Amran Gowani 30 Nov 2025
Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive Dissonance

Going mad is the sane response

By Amran Gowani 09 Nov 2025
Harrowing Haiku

Harrowing Haiku

Plus, check out "Leaf Town Forever"

By Amran Gowani 01 Nov 2025
The Fiduciary: A Poem

The Fiduciary: A Poem

A Homeric takedown of Tim Cook

By Amran Gowani 23 Oct 2025
Happy Watchmen Day

Happy Watchmen Day

A fantastic opening panel reaches middle age

By Amran Gowani 12 Oct 2025
Back to Basics

Back to Basics

Navigating the wasteland as an irrelevant novelist

By Amran Gowani 06 Oct 2025
Everybody's a Critic

Everybody's a Critic

Today's authors take whatever coverage they can get

By Amran Gowani 19 Sep 2025
The Clash: London Calling.

Forty-Five Things a Man Does

Happy birthday to Beyoncé (and me)

By Amran Gowani 04 Sep 2025
Are You Trapped in a Haunted Hype House or a Toxic Hedge Fund?

Are You Trapped in a Haunted Hype House or a Toxic Hedge Fund?

A satirical collaboration with the brilliant Leigh Stein

By Amran Gowani 26 Aug 2025
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